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Durkheim on MANA - The Original "Floating Signifier" // 179
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We read Durkheim's Elementary forms of Religious Life (https://amzn.to/4c1ubkB) a…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Critical Theory is Never Enjoying Anything // 246 (preview)
This is a preview but you can find all our episodes and other work ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills. In this episode we read Sloterdij…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Why Philosophers Fear their own Farts // 245 (preview)
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In this episode we cover Peter Sloterdijk's C…
7 months ago
The Critique of Cynical Reason - Sloterdijk // 244
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Peter Sloterdijk wrote a philosophy bestseller in 1983 called The Critique of …
7 months ago
Cynicism (the philosophy) // 243 (preview)
This is a preview but you can find all our episodes and other work ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills. In this episode we cover the Cyni…
7 months ago
It's Hyperreal Fascism then? // 242
We discuss the proposition of hyperreal fascism as presented in this video essay (https://youtu.be/R9fpm-lorIU) and its relationship to current event…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
The Philosophy of Jeffrey Epstein // 240
Jeffrey Epstein is not primarily known as a philosopher, but his emails illustrate that he had higher ambitions than pedophilia. We explore both the …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Simulation World Order // 239
Everyone is talking about Canada leading the charge into the New World Order. Are we excited yet? Watch the glorious father of our nation deliver the…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Epicureanism MOGS Stoicism // 238
Stoicism is on its comeback among dumb 20 year olds, which is too bad because Epicureanism is the superior Athenian philosophy. We discuss hedonism, …
9 months ago
Stoicism at the End of the World // 236
The history of Stoicism is long and complicated, and we didn't want to end with AI alpha male YouTube channels, so here is a rundown focused on Greek…
9 months, 3 weeks ago